Archive for September, 2008



I am addicted …

Published on September 30, 2008

The child within me took over. I loved the little activities that you could involve yourself in and was taking quizzes after quizzes. My profile was getting filled with little boxes and I was getting all the more involved. I found lots of friends and I realized I had just arrived. When I read an article stating that Facebook was a Narcissists best love affair, I knew exactly what the study was talking about.


The 10-minute chocolate pudding

Published on September 21, 2008

This recipe is half-brain wave and half-inspired by internet research.


God, rediscovered

Published on September 18, 2008

God, as we human beings know and as we revere, is a misnomer. There is no God. There is no God, as we try to idolize in our images of Christ, Krishna and the Buddha. There is a God, there is a Christ, Krishna and the Buddha. Each human being who cherishes and lives the [...]


Feeling lighter, on the wings of a whim

Published on September 15, 2008

It’s not my hubby’s fault; it’s got to do with his Sindhi genes and a generous amount of Gujju influence that words like Sale, Discount, Free Gift, Savings, and Combo-Pack have him hypnotically moving in the direction from which these words originated. So, when he suddenly got up in the middle of an afternoon siesta and started to go out, I wasn’t surprised at his response to my questioning look, that he was going for a free-health checkup at the local medical store. I sighed understandably; it was the Sindhi-Gujju combo-genes at work.


Stereotyping ways of life

Published on September 14, 2008

Why arent men questioned about their family obligations, or the number of depedants in their household, and then a formula drawn up to calculate how many leaves he will be taking, or how much he would be able to manage home-office stress!


The Untouchables

Published on September 10, 2008

“In our country, the rivers are holy, the mountains are venerated, plants are worshipped, animals are sacred, land is precious, stone idols and televised mythological serials and their actors recieve awed devotion, and even machines and tools are sanctified;


Are we alone in the Cosmos?

Published on September 8, 2008

Plug in your estimates for the following seven factors and come up with your own answer.


An “Almost Single” perspective by Advaita Kala

Published on September 4, 2008

Well, there are two reasons to read this book – Firstly, for the humor in the writing, and secondly, for a sense of empathy for those who are single, and of sympathy from those who were once upon a time single.


Tagged: “To write five quotes from the books that I have read”

Published on September 2, 2008

I have been tagged by Snigs to share five quotes from the books that I have read, and though I confess that I can fill pages and pages with “food for thought” from books, but I restrain myself to five (okay, six!)


Hair Now, Gone Tomorrow

Published on September 1, 2008

I pacify myself by thinking that it’s the weather – humidity makes one lose more hair! But come winter and I will blame the nip in the air, and the dryness of the scalp for further hair loss. Summers will be answerable for the oiliness and sweatiness that make the poor head want to get some air, and in turn get rid of the ultraviolet rays absorbing black sheen of hair. Whatever be the season, the extermination of the hair, MY HAIR, seems inevitable.